World of Warcraft's Plunderstorm Returns with Enhanced Features and Rewards
Plunderstorm, World of Warcraft's pirate-themed battle royale, has returned, bringing with it a host of new features and quality-of-life improvements. While the end date remains unannounced, players can anticipate at least a month of swashbuckling action in the Arathi Highlands.
This iteration boasts significant enhancements. The battlefield features revamped points of interest and respawning non-elite enemies, providing a continuous supply of loot. Fast travel horses expedite traversal across the map, aiding in the search for chests, elite enemies, and opponents. A new map overlay displays zone threat levels based on combat frequency, and players can now select their starting deployment zone. A dedicated practice lobby allows players to experiment with abilities, adjust keybindings, and socialize.
New Plunderstorm Features:
- Revamped points of interest
- Respawning non-elite enemies
- Fast travel horses
- Zone threat indicators on the map
- Selectable deployment zones
- Practice Lobby
- Plunderstore with new and returning rewards
- Game mode accessible while playing World of Warcraft: The War Within characters
New Abilities:
- Offensive:
- Aura of Zealotry: Passively increases ally movement speed. Casting consecrates the ground, periodically damaging enemies and granting enhanced movement speed and melee attack buffs.
- Celestial Barrage: A damaging moonbeam barrage, empowerable for increased range.
- Utility:
- Call Galefeather: Summons Galefeather to knock back enemies.
- Void Tear: Creates a Void mark; recasting instantly teleports the player to the mark, damaging and slowing enemies. Recasting is instantaneous during spellcasting.
Ability Balance Changes:
Several existing spells have received cooldown adjustments: Earthbreaker (reduced), Slicing Winds (increased), Star Bomb (reduced), Storm Archon (reduced), and Toxic Smackerel (increased). A new UI facilitates ability swapping and acquisition.
The Plunderstore, accessible from the practice lobby, login screen, and the retail WoW PvP interface, offers a range of rewards. However, the three-person Trios mode is absent from this iteration.
The return of Plunderstorm provides a thrilling PvP experience with improved gameplay and rewarding additions for World of Warcraft players.
